+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #187353 +++
This probably isn't an issue under FE non the less this should be fixed since
even though we use sgid games and don't add users to the games group a user who
manages to get games group rights by exploiting (another?) game could still use
this as an attack vector. Unlikely I know.
See:
http://lwn.net/Alerts/177009/
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This presumably also affects nethack-vultures.

(In reply to comment #0)
> This presumably also affects nethack-vultures
Most likely yes.
In the Games SIG, we've come across games likes this before. Fully auditing them
is usually not easily doable. In some cases the games can be modified to open
say a shared highscore file the first thing in main and then drop all additional
rights. Thats not (easily) possible here either.
In this case we create a separate group for the game to run under, minimizing
the effects of rights escalation to almost zero. I'll attach a specfile patch
doing just that shortly.

Created attachment 149767[details]
Patch "fixing" this
As promised. Also notice that the specfile could use some cleaning up in
general, not to mention that rpmlint doesn't like it much. May I advise a
re-review. I would be more then willing to review it.

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